Harry Bitzer, kneeling at front, celebrates V-J Day with fellow Navy crewmen and friends including, at far right, his wife Margaret Uhland, her sister, Kathryn Uhland Sloat, second from right, and Harry's sister, Fianna Bitzer, second from left. Photo was taken while Bitzer was stationed in Wildwood, NJ during World War II. The Bitzers lived on West Lemon Street in Lancaster.
Photograph of marker for Boalsburg - the birthplace of Memorial Day and home of the memorial to the 28th Division, which included Ambulance Company 3.
Provenance
Black paper album and loose photographs of Ambulance Company No. 3 during training at Camp Hancock, Augusta Georgia, in France during World War I, and as veterans after the war. Album is very fragile. Donated by Mrs. Charles Fasnacht, daughter of George Walzl. With album is a brief history of the company and list of known living members as of 1981.
Ceremony commemoration the 28th Division, which included Ambulance Company 111, at Boalsburg, May 1949.
Provenance
Black paper album and loose photographs of Ambulance Company No. 3 during training at Camp Hancock, Augusta Georgia, in France during World War I, and as veterans after the war. Album is very fragile. Donated by Mrs. Charles Fasnacht, daughter of George Walzl. With album is a brief history of the company and list of known living members as of 1981.
